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Homa Bay County

Next 7 daysModerate25%
Annual mean
0detections
Peak period
late January – mid March
Record year
2015498
Trend
−17%/ 10not significant · on raw data: +94%

Fire clock

Ring = year, slice = week. Click a ring to focus that year.

Total detections per year
YearTotal
2001380
2002189
2003351
2004237
2005465
2006178
2007315
2008251
2009222
2010100
2011465
2012139
2013157
2014175
2015498
2016178
2017109
2018228
201990
2020140
2021169
2022150
2023294
2024195
2025320
2026281

Next 7 days

Moderate

Full risk view

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Moderate

Expected detections: ~1.1

  • An active part of the fire season↑
  • Fires detected in recent days↑
  • This year is more active than normal↑
  • Rain expected (42 mm)↓
Sat28°
Sun29°
Mon28°
Tue28°
Wed28°
Thu28°
Fri28°

Right now

mid October

This week2.0

This week is more active than 74% of past years at this time

Year to date281
#8 of 26 yearsNormal: 173

Season

early August – early March

Onset
early August
Peak
late February
End
early March

Critical windows

  • late January – mid March

    56% of annual activity

  • mid August – late August

    8% of annual activity

  • late December – early January

    6% of annual activity

The normal year vs 2026

Bands show the 25-year range; the white line is this year so far.

25-year history

The raw record jumps in 2012 when VIIRS arrives; the harmonized record does not.

Harmonized: −17%/10Raw: +94%/10
HarmonizedNaive merged record90% uncertainty

Unusual years

8

  • 2001

    380

    peak 3.5× stronger than normal

  • 2005

    465

    peak 4.0× stronger than normal

  • 2011

    465

    peak 4.9× stronger than normal

    season began 19 weeks late

  • 2015

    498

    peak 5.3× stronger than normal

    season began 23 weeks late

  • 2020

    140

    season ended 3 weeks early

  • 2022

    150

    season ended 6 weeks late

  • 2024

    195

    season ended 3 weeks late

  • 2026

    281

    season ended 3 weeks early

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One fire history for the Land of Fire.

Built for the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.

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Data sources

NASA FIRMS, NASA POWER, Open-Meteo, OpenStreetMap, geoBoundaries, OpenFreeMap

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